Yes, it’s been a few days since we wrote, but we’ve been in the most relaxing place in the world, the Loire Valley. Although it’s been a few days, we don’t have a lot to report as we’ve been lazing around more than anything else. After we left Paris we got to Blois which is a lovely town with a camping spot right in the centre, AND even better, it was only 5Euro a night. We’ve found in France that a lot of smaller towns have “Municiple Camping Grounds” which are run by the city, and are often very cheap and clean. We spent the rest of the day in Blois chilling out and walking around a little. The next day we walked around more, saw the Chateau and did a horse and cart ride around the town. It’s really quite nice, but rather small so we decided to move onto the next town.
We arrive in Ambroise about half an hour after leaving Blois. Ambroise seemed to be a little livelier than Blois. We again relaxed for the afternoon, read our books and settled into the camp ground. That night we went to the camping ground bar and watched Holland beat Uruguay which was incredibly satisfying. The next day we explored Ambroise a little more which has an abundance of beautiful little cafe’s surrounding a massive chateau that towered over the whole town. Again in the afternoon we laid on the side of the river and read our books some more. We met a lovely Dutch couple that we had some drinks with that night and got to bed at around 12:30. A fairly early one on our standards over here at the moment.
Yesterday we drove for quite a while and didn’t seem to get all that far. Unfortunately we stopped at a camp ground that tried to charge us 63Euro for one night, then the girl behind the counter couldn’t understand why we laughed at her as we walked out. We kept travelling and found a little spot which again was put there by the town for campervans to stop. It cost us..... nothing. Last night was very stormy and incredibly hot, we think it must have been around low to mid thirties most of the night. How’s the weather in Australia? We hear a little chilly... HAHAHAHA
Today we’re trying to get to the coast and get some salt water before heading along the coast road down to Spain.
A&J xoxo
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- Andrew and Jamie Griffioen
- Andrew and Jamie are a married couple from Brisbane, Australia. We have embarked on an overseas adventure for 6 months leaving in April and returning in October. We plan to cover the UK and a lot of Europe. To see more details, check out our posts below.
Recognised the square at Blois. It looked lovely, I hope you had a coffee or a beer there. We too enjoyed the Loire, glad you are finding cheap campgrounds, how good is that. Good cheap wine in that region as well, their bubbly is really good Jamie and quite inexpensive. Hope you are using your blockout, you are looking very tanned. Stay safe. Remember Drew no bull running or you are out of the will. (I mean it).
ReplyDelete63 Euro?? Geez Andrew... hope you threw in a sly "Is it any cheaper for just straight sex?" comment.
ReplyDeleteHas been a tad chilly here the last few weeks with Sydney getting some record lows (in the last 25 years anyway). Fiona has sewn some curtains for the door spaces in our TV room so we finally have an area that is nice and toasty warm if it gets cold, theres nothing quite like trying to heat a whole house with a single oil heater. Woodfire would be nice.
Daisy seems to have her first cold and is a bit grumpy. Not too bad though. Did I mention how cute she is?
France sounds awesome, will have to go back again one day and do it justice. Leave your van parked somewhere with the keys on the left tire and we'll pop over when you have finished with it.
Don't forget to run with the bulls and as they say in Mullaway, "No bulls, no balls." (more gold for the Dad Jokes book Im writing).
Hi guys, just remember to keep your mouth shut if you are watching the football in Spain. (Especially when the Netherlands win)Don't let them know you have got Dutch blood running in your veins, they might be just pissed off enough to want to drink it. We have tried to ring you but having difficulty.
ReplyDeleteStill loving the trip and photos are great too. Sorry I can't relate to the towns like the others but I will take it all in and dream. Yes the weather is very cold here. Brisbane had the coldest winter day for 100 years last week 15 degrees all day. Go Holland !!!!!
ReplyDeleteLotsa love
You guys are having a ball by the sounds of it. I see it is a bit warm over there as I have been following the 'le Tour de France' on TV. We get it live every night from 10 pm till 2 am.
ReplyDeleteI also recognize some of the places you have been to as I have a DVD of the oldies when they were over there.
take care.......
hey guys,
ReplyDeletesounds like ur still having a great time - good to see. not all of us back home are freezing - up in the tropics we still wear short shorts in winter. our min temp is about 18 and we get up to 26 - 28 during the day. have fun and i'll call again soon - so long as you don't change ur mobile number again on me
love, kylie.